Tommy Wright is satisfied with St Johnstone’s Premiership points return from their four home games in a row.
And now the focus has switched to maintaining that momentum on the road.
Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Hearts away are Saints’ next three games as the Perth club seek to break free of the four-team logjam at the bottom of the table.
“That’s us taken seven points from our last four games so we have to be happy with that,” said Wright.
“We need to build on it at the weekend against Motherwell.
“I was delighted for the players that they held out for a point against Aberdeen.
“They are third in the table and have been scoring plenty goals on their travels.
“We did a good job defensively, particularly late on when we were down to nine men. But I am still looking for improvement.
“There was a feeling of relief in the dressing room that we had managed to take something out of the game after all our efforts. We were outnumbered and all you can do is try to survive in those circumstances.
“Aberdeen were getting corners but we defended them very well.
“It would have been heart-breaking for the players if they hadn’t got a point after all they put into the game.”
Meanwhile, Saints could have a McDiarmid Park reunion with 2014 Scottish Cup hero Chris Millar to look forward to in the fourth round of this year’s competition.
They will face the winner of the replay between Millar’s Morton and Brora Rangers on their first game back after the January break.
Wright said: “When I was watching the draw I was thinking Rangers and Celtic are still in and we are running out of ties.
“We got Celtic early last year. I thought it was a case of here we go again.
“It’s good we have got a home draw and definitely a team from out with the Premiership.
“We’ll obviously have to wait and see how the replay goes. I believe Brora did really well at Morton.
“But if it is Morton Chrissie Millar will be coming back. He and our fans would look forward to that.
“It’s a good draw. But it will be a tough game whoever we face because it will be our first after the winter break.
“Sometimes that can hamper the bigger clubs who have to hit the ground running.
“We will have a lot of games crammed into a short space of time.
“Ideally you’d want a league game before going into a cup tie but it is the same for all the Premiership clubs.”
